Police are prepared for the worst. Fencing has been reinstalled and officers are on high alert. But this is not another insurrection. Let s be clear. It is not even really a protest. It is just a sad political temper tantrum by folks who don t understand how democracy works. Listen, i don t want to downplay the potential threat here because right wing extremists that are drown to these causes can certainly be violence as we saw in january. But what is happening today doesn t have the same threat level as what happened on january 6. One, congress is not in session. Two, a presidential election isn t be certified. And this time law enforcement certainly does appear to be prepared. What i want to do throughout our show is make a bigger point about extremism. And that as dangerous as folks in the streets can be, it is the ones in the halls of power that you have to watch out for. Let me tell you who the extremists that caused the most damage and lasting danger, and that is your gop elected
Do you guys think the election was fair? no, he didn t win fairly. I mean it was rigged. I got to have the evidence. I ve got to see it. We no longer live under a system of justice. I m pamela brown in washington. You re live in the cnn newsroom this sunday. One small step for a daredevil billionaire and a giant leap for space travel. Sir richard branson becoming the first billionaire to reach the cosmos on a spacecraft made by his own company. Look at this. Virgin galactic s unity spacecraft detaching from its mother ship and roaring to the edge of space. Here s cnn s rachel crane reporting on that breathtaking moment. You can hear the crowd cheering behind me. This is that historic moment that richard branson and his team at virgin galactic have been waiting for. And we have release, brian. We have release. The rocket engine has ignited. This is the moment that branson and his team have been waiting for. Brian, i ve got to pause. I ve got to take this in. This is really an incredible
Military assistance, despite requests from the haitian government. Meanwhile, in florida the miamidade courthouse is now closed due to safety concerns that were revealed during a building inspection that was prompted by the tragic surfside condo collapse. The engineering firm that examined the 28story court building says that during the review it found structural distress in support beams and joists, including steel columns that are in, quote, poor condition, and concrete columns that have numerous cracks in them. The courthouse will begin to undergo repairs immediately. Employees will return to working from home while that happens. From the miamidade courthouse to the nation s highways and bridges, it is apparent that infrastructure in this country is in need of major repair and it does appear that congress is taking notice of these glaring warning signs and is poised to take action. Senate majority leader chuck schumer says his chamber will work into its august recess to pass both th
Man, oh, man he makes it look so easy. Branson and his crew now back on of planet earth after a near picture perfect landing. He is expected to speak any moment now. We will of course bring you his remarks when he steps up to the microphones in new mexico. Virgin galactic plans to offer private flights to space beginning of next year. Jeff paul live at the site just miles from the launch pad and where they landed. Man, jeff, what an exciting, historic day this has been. What was it like? eric, you can probably hear a celebratory mood here in truth or consequences, new mexico, a very hot day but also a very exciting one. Years and years of work finally paying off for require ingalactic owner, richard branson, getting to that milestone, getting to space after working at it for so long. To of day started a little rocky with a 90 minute delay due to weather what happened overnight but that was really the only hiccup in the operation. Everything else went at planned. You see the plane takin
Why are they a r. They uncomfortable this marxist regime? if we continue this, just imagine what can you do. Going to score here to keep alive. And he does it. Easily champion s europe. Are i m back back in the new york groove back groove. Steve: i am back in the new york groove after taking a little time off. Ainsley: how was it? steve: it was great. It was down in celebrating the 4th of july, can had a couple days off, then we got my oldest daughter mary married off. [cheers and applause] steve: three children off married off in the last calendar year. Brian: that s impossible. Is that a record? steve: could be. How crazy is that. Ainsley: how was it? tell us about it. Steve: it was lovely, down in palm beach, it was saturday night. And it all worked out. The weather held. It was beautiful. I m going to have some pictures tomorrow. Ainsley: did you still have to have a small amount of people there? steve: we had planned for the small because they had still had restrictions i think yo